u/furybod

I am high functioning , with awful anxiety and spells of just awful thoughts. I let in all negativity, everything is my fault , everything proves I am off. I have known many divergent men in my life. Especially with adhd. Neber met one who acts like this. They allow themselves to be adhd. They are happier. Their anger points towards outside. Do not suffer through what makes them unhappy. Allowed to have ugly handwriting. Allowed to be hyperactive. They feel safe enough to say , this is not for me, when I suffer through everything that needs to be done. I could go on. I am so bitter about this.

I need to share this somewhere.

Context: I left my old job for a new one that turned out to be an awful miserable experience. Luckily I didnt make probation.

Long story short , they need their laptop back of course.

I have worked in tech for 12 years and so do most people around me. It always has been a pickup at address. Easy.

So IT schedules the pickup. Emails me 8pm the night before , saying , here are the shipping labels I need to print and attach. (???) I dont have a printer at home. I tell him to cancel , reschedule and give mr 2 workdays if I need to print.

IT does not cancel, pickup still shows up. i apologise. That is where the back and forth starts.

Just to confirm: This expectation was never comminicated to me until the day before pickup. It is not in any handbook or contract. Nor is it the standard in this area.Original box was thrown out.

It is not only about the work or cost of packaging and printing and scheduling. (altough who asks an ex employee to spend money on sending their laptop back)

If I take over I am have the responsibility and risk. If I dont package is properly , it breaks, gets damaged, gets lost its on me. Its a Mac its not cheap.

They also tried to gaslight me with , they tried to negotiate this with the pickup company but they wouldnt do it. ( the service exists, its on the website)

I had to send a legally charged email. 2 days silence.

Their solution: my ex manager will come ans pick it up himself and send it.

I am shooketh by this. This is an international tech company with big logos.

What do you think?